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Putin hand in Niger coup?

Fares Garabet 03 August 2023
 supporters of the coup Reuters

Africa’s string of coups points to waning Western influence

Niger is the latest naton in the region caught up in a geostrategic shift that may have profound consequences, not least on the fight against terrorism, as the dynamics of global power shift

Khattar Abu Diab 02 August 2023
Libyan security forces affiliated with Tripoli-based interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh take part in a parade marking the 6th anniversary of the “liberation of Sirte” from IS on December 17, 2022. AFP

Fuelled by corruption and nepotism, Libya finds itself trapped in political anarchy

Factions, corruption and an inadequate international response mean it's more of the same for the long-suffering citizens of the oil-rich North African nation so ill-served by its leaders

Tarek Megerisi 03 July 2023
Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka at the Turin International Book Fair. Supplied.

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka: Europe has forgotten history lessons

The 88-year-old writer explores an imaginary Nigeria rife with corruption and conspiracy in his latest novel, but glimmers of hope still shine.

Youssouf Waqqas 02 July 2023
Oil reserves in Sudan and South Sudan remain underutilised, largely due to war. Meanwhile, lack of stability has curbed potential foreign investment in East Africa's oil fields. Ewan White

The massive untapped potential of East Africa’s oil reserves

Oil reserves in Sudan and South Sudan remain underutilised, largely due to war. Meanwhile, lack of stability has curbed potential foreign investment in East Africa's oil fields.

Faisal Faeq 26 May 2023
Smoke billows above buildings behind a mosque during fighting between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals in Khartoum, on May 5, 2023. AFP

Sudan’s ‘three-storey’ history of conflict shows why it can’t build peace

As conflict grips Sudan yet again, the country's instability relates to insecure national foundations of interlocking treaties between a complex range of ethnic and tribal rivals

Houssam Itani 06 May 2023
Eduardo Ramon

In Africa, war takes time and life is short

As Sudan plunges into conflict, the prospect of a long-term war becomes a likely scenario.

Ahmed Maher 03 May 2023
A blend of intimacy and the fresh perspective they provide is making autobiographies more popular. Take a look at why the genre is so captivating via two very different books Al Majalla

The power of personal experience

A blend of intimacy and the fresh perspective they provide is making autobiographies more popular. Take a look at why the genre is so captivating via two very different books

Haitham Hussein 27 April 2023
Media report in front of destored building after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on August 21, 2022. Getty Images

US counter-terrorism efforts increasingly focusing on Africa

Concerns are mounting about growing threats posed by transnational terrorist groups across several regions in Africa

Shelly Kittleson 27 March 2023
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Not just a ‘pipe’ dream, Morocco-Nigeria gas line set to transform Africa

The 5,600 km project will serve 17 countries and could help Europe move on from its dependence on Russian gas after the invasion of Ukraine

Mohamed Sharki 24 March 2023
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
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Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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